The list below contains Medical Device’s Field Corrective Action for the month of September 2024. This list provides field corrective action reporting information to MDA by establishment in accordance to requirement stipulated in Section 41, Act 737 and Regulation 6 of Medical Device (Duties and Obligations of Establishment) Regulations 2019.

Field Corrective Action (FCA) is part of a post-marketing risk assessment measure to ensure the continued safe use of medical devices in the Malaysia market. It is a corrective or preventive action in relation to a medical device which may include –

  • The return of the medical device to the establishment;
  • Modification of the medical device;
  • Exchange of the medical device;
  • Destruction of medical device; or
  • Specific advice on the use of the medical device. 

If you have experienced any safety and performance issue with one of the medical devices listed for FCA action, please seek advice from your medical device authorised representative as soon as possible.

No

Date received

Title of FCA

Affected

Medical Device

MDA Reference Number

MDA Registration Number

Local Establishment

Contact Detail

1

03/09/2024

  pdf Control intermittently fails to recover Glucose within the expected range of Negative (NEG) when used in conjunction with the iChemVELOCITY Urine Chemistry) on the iChemVELOCITY and DxU 810c Iris Analyzers (1.13 MB)

ICHEM VELOCITY URINE CHEMISTRY SYSTEM

MDA/FCA/P0970-10770217-2024

IVDB2172623-115162

BECKMAN COULTER MALAYSIA SDN. BHD.

2

04/09/2024

  pdf Potential Over or Under Infusion Identified in Space®plus Perfusor® When Using Take Over Mode (TOM) in Software Versions C02, C03, and C04 (190 KB)

INFUSION SYRINGE PUMP

MDA/FCA/P0973-78893875-2024

GC5420023-141022

B. BRAUN MEDICAL INDUSTRIES SDN. BHD.

3

05/09/2024

  pdf Automated Compounding Device Inlets – Visible Particulate Matter (531 KB)

BAXTER EXACTAMIX INLET

MDA/FCA/P0974-80958566-2024

GA9378419-30261

BAXTER HEALTHCARE (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.

4

08/09/2024

  pdf Unauthorised use of Biolight DF210 filter on Fresenius Haemodialysis machine to replace Diasafe Plus filter which is the correct device intended for the machines (402 KB)

DIASAFE

(Malaysia market only)

MDA/FCA/P0971-13841856-2024

GC78752383817

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE MALAYSIA SDN BHD

5

09/09/2024

  pdf Centricity Universal Viewer Zero Footprint Client (ZFP) version v6.0 SP11.x where the latest report is not shown by default to the user. (518 KB)

CENTRICITY UNIVERSAL VIEWER ZERO FOOTPRINT

MDA/FCA/P0977-21321218-2024

GB7561822-102555

GE HEALTHCARE SDN. BHD

6

09/09/2024

  pdf Atellica IM Interleukin-6 (IL6) Not Meeting Calibration Interval (222 KB)

ATELLICA IM INTERLEUKIN-6 (IL6)

MDA/FCA/P0978-30550958-2024

IVDB7674621-52295

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE SDN. BHD.

8

17/09/2024

  pdf Glove defect detected in latex powdered surgical glove (156 KB)

LATEX POWDERED SURGICAL GLOVE

MDA/FCA/PX0984-92367589-2024

GB10383723-133684

EMERALD GLOVE MANUFACTURING SDN. BHD.

9

18/09/2024

  pdf DxH 500 Series Control exhibiting a PLT1: Debris" message and Review (R) flags on PLT and MPV parameters. (583 KB)

DXH 500 SYSTEM

MDA/FCA/P0990-44347536-2024

IVDB95852125818

BECKMAN COULTER MALAYSIA SDN. BHD.

10

18/09/2024

  pdf Certain Giraffe OmniBed and Giraffe OmniBed Carestation – Heater Door Failure (1.19 MB)

GIRAFFE OMNIBED CARESTATION CS1

MDA/FCA/P0991-73772267-2024

GC36600486117

GE HEALTHCARE SDN. BHD

11

19/9/2024

  pdf Incorrect color correction data Olympus Bronchovideoscope (Model: BF-H1100) (1.23 MB)

BRONCHOVIDEOSCOPE

MDA/FCA/P0997-88589076-2024

GB4610624-167220

OLYMPUS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.

12

20/09/2024

Potential risk of ceiling collision

(Please request FSN if necessary)

LUMINOS AGILE MAX

MDA/FCA/P0254-47941047-2023

GC74703683318

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE SDN BHD

13

20/09/2023

  pdf False Positive Results for Leukocyte Presence on UroColor 10 and UroColor 11 (551 KB)

URINE STRIPS AND ANALYSER

MDA/FCA/P0995-37481365-2024

IVDB72902332418

ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS HEALTH SDN BHD

14

24/09/2024

  pdf Intermittent loss of function of the OFP-2 Flushing Pump (1.20 MB)

OLYMPUS FLUSHING PUMP OFP-2

MDA/FCA/P0998-46593517-2024

GB95384735118

OLYMPUS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.